St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-25
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Close OF Hhe jamestown Encamp,
ment with n Sp!endid Banquet.

Close of Hhe jamestown Encamp-
ment with a Splendid Banquet.
Special TO the Globe.
JAMESTOWN, Oak, March 24.-The an
nual encampment of the Dakota G. A. r.
ended tonight. The veterans did a large
amount of business to- day. In the conven-
Iion this morning the event was the cleo
tion of Gen. Allen. of Fargo, as department
MIS- of Yankton; W. A. Selby, of Grand
Forks, Judge Palmer, of Sioux Falls. and
Gen. Allen received about an equal number
of votes on the first ballot. Judge Palmer
declined to accept. and Gen. Dennis and
Col. Selby not having quite as many votes
as necessary, Allen was elected OIL the
third ballot. and the choice was made unan-
imous. Gen. Allen is a fluent speaker a
clever gentleman and will make an active
and
POPULAR COMMANDER.
B. F. Campbell. of Sioux Falls, was elected
senior vice commander, and S. \. Booth
junior vice. The latter travelled all the
way from Custer City, some !, 400 miles, to
attend the gathering here. Rev. J. II.
Hartman, of jamestown. was elected chap
lain, DIR. Smith, of Bismarck, medical di-
rector, judge Palmer delegate and Gen.
Dennis alternate at large to the national
encampment; Eugene Huntington, of Web
ster, E. S. Smith, of Grand Forks. and
Jesse f. l.. Stone, of Huron, delegates.
n. c. Nash, of Canton, E. A. Young and
c. L. Clermont, OF Fargo. j. G. Huffman,
of Huron. and c. H. Lockwood. of Cham
berlain were elected a council of admins
tion. The Woman's Relief corps assembled
in convention and reported large increase
nf in
showed a good membership and active in
terest.. Sara B. Smith, of Fargo, was elected
president, and B. \. Garter, of Canton,
senior vice. The camp of the Sons of Vet
Grams was increased largely to-day also.
The banquet given by the jamestown citi-
zens TO the encampment was probably
never equalied in extent and elegance in
the territory. twenty-five tables were
profusely decorated with flags, banners
and flowers, each seating twenty-one visit
ors. Bands were stationed on the stage
playing patriotic airs. The list Of speakers
was long. Tie address of welcome was
made BY Alfred Dckey, "the only private
soldier in Dakota" Hon. johnson Nickus,
nnce Washington and Union army news
boy followed i'll all eloquent and humorous
address. Gen. Allen made a beautiful ap-
peal to the soldiers patriotism and strength
c.Ie( TIC plGSSlOi VI lis UclllS GllC ulIGSG
orator in the territory.
GOV. CHURCH
came in last evening on special and has
been getting acquainted with the people to-
day. The governor makes a fine impress
sion and concilates all by his genial bearing
and manly, independent carriage. He
spoke at length on '''The President of the
United States,' and made a clear. effective,
taking address. He spoke of the president
as man with the courage of his convic-
tions, a man who held his high Office above
party gauge; who looked to the people OF
new generation to approve Of his man
agement of their affairs. Gov. Church be-
lieved that Cleveland was right. He be-
lieved that lie would succeed-that his back
bone was staunch and that time would not
bend it. The speech was we'll received. The
toast, Veterans of the Press was assigned
to Gov. Pierce. who telegraphed his re-
grets at the impossibility of his attendance.
George Winship, OF Grand Forks, replied
to the toast. Capital speeches were also
made by Judge Palmer. Col. Tyner, the
hero of two Wars-the Redfeld and Turtle
Mountain-who spoke of the militia; Jesse
Frye, of Jamestown: E. T. Cressey, of HUI
ron; Maj. Barrett, of Aberdeen; n. G..
Nash. of Canton. and Gen. Lucas, who
was extremely witty on 1.-The army bus-
ness" Specials left at 2 a. IN. to carry the
veterans and their friends to Yankton and
the East